OK Chuck - so what is the date of the X/A?
Paul Williams,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> Paul Williams wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Fellow CR lister Emerson Johnston, who is having trouble posting to the
list, has just sent me the following answer to my earlier enquiry:
> >
> > "I checked my old French magazines and it's impossible to distinguish
from mag photos 1R vs XA. The first evidence of the XA was in 82 in an ad
for Peugeot where you could clearly see the Slit in the XA. (cut)
>
> I think you are confusing the Cinelli XA with an ATAX (France) stem that
> looks exactly like it. My early 80s Peugeot PRO 10 team bike has the
> ATAX stem...
>
> Chuck "when Simplex Stronglight was in flower at the TdF" Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
>
> .